highest assists for a single game in a nba game as 10th season in the playoffs

Magic Johnson had the most assists by a player in a playoff game in his 10th playoff, with 20 assists in Game 4 of the 1989 Western Conference Finals against the Suns.

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highest assists by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 10th season in the playoffs

	NAME	AST	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	5/28/1989	LAL	@	PHX	41	21	6	3	1	6	11	54.5	1	2	50.0	8	8	100.0	72.3	0	6	6	2
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	18	5/5/1994	UTA	vs	SAS	39	13	0	3	1	5	8	62.5	0	0		3	3	100.0	69.7	0	0	2	0
3	Jerry West J. West	18	5/1/1970	LAL	vs	NYK	52	37	5			13	26	50.0				11	12	91.7	59.1				4
4	Jerry West J. West	18	4/5/1970	LAL	vs	PHX	46	36	1			13	27	48.1				10	13	76.9	55.0				3
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	16	4/28/1990	BOS	vs	NYK	37	15	3	1	2	5	15	33.3	0	4	0.0	5	6	83.3	42.5	0	3	1	1
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16	4/27/1989	LAL	vs	POR	42	30	7	0	0	10	20	50.0	2	5	40.0	8	9	88.9	62.6	3	4	4	2
7	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	16	4/27/1989	PHI	@	NYK	41	19	1	3	1	9	17	52.9	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	53.1	0	1	1	1
8	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	16	4/2/1974	MIL	@	LAL	42	13	3	3	0	5	12	41.7				3	4	75.0	47.2				5
9	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	15	5/2/2006	NJN	vs	IND	40	5	6	0	1	2	6	33.3	0	2	0.0	1	2	50.0	36.3	2	4	4	1	+2
10	Jerry West J. West	15	4/9/1970	LAL	vs	PHX	42	19	2			9	19	47.4				1	3	33.3	46.8				4
11	LeBron James L. James	14	5/8/2015	CLE	@	CHI	44	27	8	1	1	8	25	32.0	1	7	14.3	10	11	90.9	45.2	2	6	7	4	0
12	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	14	5/19/1999	IND	vs	PHI	32	6	6	1	0	2	5	40.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	44.4	3	3	2	3	+1
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	6/6/1989	LAL	@	DET	41	17	5	3	0	6	12	50.0	0	2	0.0	5	6	83.3	58.1	1	4	5	2
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	5/23/1989	LAL	vs	PHX	44	22	9	2	0	9	17	52.9	1	1	100.0	3	3	100.0	60.0	0	9	4	1
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	5/12/1989	LAL	@	SEA	44	10	9	2	0	3	6	50.0	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	61.0	1	8	9	2
16	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	5/7/1989	LAL	vs	SEA	42	21	1	5	0	5	10	50.0	0	1	0.0	11	14	78.6	65.0	0	1	1	3
17	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	14	6/9/1987	BOS	vs	LAL	45	15	2	1	1	6	15	40.0	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	46.0	2	0	2	3
18	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	14	5/15/1987	BOS	@	MIL	44	25	6	1	1	11	23	47.8	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	52.3	0	6	1	2
19	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	14	5/8/1987	BOS	@	MIL	50	32	5	0	0	11	17	64.7	1	3	33.3	9	9	100.0	76.3	1	4	6	4
20	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	14	4/9/1960	BOS	vs	STL	47	19	6			8	25	32.0				3	4	75.0	35.5				1
21	LeBron James L. James	13	5/24/2015	CLE	vs	ATL	47	37	18	3	0	14	37	37.8	1	6	16.7	8	10	80.0	44.7	8	10	6	4	-3
22	Steve Nash S. Nash	13	4/19/2008	PHX	@	SAS	45	25	4	0	0	9	20	45.0	3	8	37.5	4	5	80.0	56.3	0	4	2	2	-3
23	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	13	4/25/2006	NJN	vs	IND	38	6	11	0	1	3	10	30.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		30.0	4	7	2	3	+8
24	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	13	5/23/1999	IND	@	PHI	37	14	2	1	1	5	9	55.6	2	4	50.0	2	2	100.0	70.9	1	1	1	2	+17
25	John Stockton J. Stockton	13	5/17/1994	UTA	vs	DEN	49	18	6	3	0	7	18	38.9	0	3	0.0	4	5	80.0	44.6	2	4	7	5